Genetic footprints of Iberian cattle in America 500 years after the arrival of Columbus.

Genetic footprints of Iberian cattle in America 500 years after the arrival of Columbus.

American Creole cattle presumably descend from animals imported from the Iberian Peninsula during the period of colonization and settlement, through different migration routes, and may have also suffered the influence of cattle directly imported from Africa. The introduction of European cattle, whic...

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Main Authors: Amparo M Martínez, Luis T Gama, Javier Cañón, Catarina Ginja, Juan V Delgado, Susana Dunner, Vincenzo Landi, Inmaculada Martín-Burriel, M Cecilia T Penedo, Clementina Rodellar, Jose Luis Vega-Pla, Atzel Acosta, Luz A Alvarez, Esperanza Camacho, Oscar Cortés, Jose R Marques, Roberto Martínez, Ruben D Martínez, Lilia Melucci, Guillermo Martínez-Velázquez, Jaime E Muñoz, Alicia Postiglioni, Jorge Quiroz, Philip Sponenberg, Odalys Uffo, Axel Villalobos, Delsito Zambrano, Pilar Zaragoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3498335?pdf=render

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